This will be my fourth post today, and I will make it my last. I guess I am in a sharing mood today. 🙂
Pictured above is a gift set I made recently. It consists of a double-sided apron, a crocheted wash cloth, a decorated spray bottle of homemade all-purpose cleaner, a decorated can (Rescued from a school cafeteria before it could be thrown away.) that could be used as a kitchen utensil holder if the recipient wants, and a small photo album filled with natural cleaning recipe cards. This was a fun set to make.
Below is a picture of everything placed inside the can. I am not sure how I will wrap this, but I am thinking of making a reusable shopping bag for that purpose.
If you are interested in a few specifics about how I made everything here you go. The apron is just a simple design I am working on for a tutorial. I am trying to perfect it to only use one yard of fabric. The wash cloth was crocheted using only a single crochet stitch and measures 9 1/2 inches square.
The can and spray bottle were covered using a cotton print that matches the apron. I simply measured the height and circumference of each. I added one inch to the height and two inches to the circumference. (Who said you wouldn’t use math when you grew up?) Then I ironed the edges under 1/2″ on each long side and 1/2″ on one of the short sides. I hot glued the fabric to the can and bottle along the top and bottom edges. Next, I glued the raw edge of one of the short sides down and overlapped it with the pressed edge.
I may have just made this sound more confusing than it really was. Sorry. I could have left them like that, but I had some trim that I thought might dress things up a bit. I hot glued it on and called it done.
